feoh
cattle ⬩ property ⬩ wealth ⬩ money ⬩ riches ⬩ treasure ⬩ bribe ⬩ gift ⬩ metal ⬩ coin
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Hwæt begytst þú of þínum cræfte? Scrúd and feoh (pecuniam), Coll. M. 23, 5. Feóna sestertiorum, Germ. 395, 76
BEÓN
To BE ⬩ exist ⬩ become ⬩ esse ⬩ fieri
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Yldo beóþ on eorþan ǽghwæs cræftig age is on earth powerful of everything Salm. Kmbl. 583; Sal. 291 : Exon. 36 b; Th. 118, 27; Gú. 246. Ðǽr wit tú beóþ where we two are Exon.125 a; Th. 480, 21; Rä. 64, 5 : Beo.
wrecca
one driven from his own country ⬩ a wanderer in foreign lands ⬩ an exile ⬩ a stranger ⬩ pilgrim ⬩ a wretch ⬩ an evil person ⬩ a wretched person ⬩ a miserable, feeble creature ⬩ a wretched ⬩ unhappy ⬩ miserable ⬩ poor person
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Ne mæg mon ǽnne wræccan his cræftes beniman, 10, 38. Heó áhredde ða húþe, and tó hám bedrǽf wreccan (the hapless wight?) ofer willan. Exon. Th. 413, 6 ; Rä. 30, 10.
findan
to come across ⬩ to obtain ⬩ find ⬩ to meet with ⬩ experience ⬩ be exposed to ⬩ find difficulty ⬩ procure ⬩ to visit ⬩ learn ⬩ arrange ⬩ settle ⬩ to determine ⬩ to supply ⬩ provide ⬩ furnish
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Sceal wintrum fród on circule cræfte findan hálige dagas, 67.
full
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Se wer is wísdómes and cræfta full vir totus ex sapientia virtutibusque factus, Bt. 10; F. 28, 17: El. 939. Mǽg sigores full, Sancta Maria, Cri. 88. Tornes fulle, Gú. 176. Ealre fægernesse full, Bl. H. 115, 6.
ge-weorþian
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Monige siendum mid miclum giefum monegra cræfta and mægene geweorðode sunt nonnulli, qui eximia virtulum dona percipiunt, Past. 41, 12.
tó-weorpan
To throw in different directions ⬩ throw away ⬩ throw down ⬩ to scatter ⬩ disperse ⬩ destroy ⬩ overthrow ⬩ to scatter ⬩ disperse ⬩ to break in pieces ⬩ scatter the parts of a connected whole ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ to overturn ⬩ to throw down ⬩ destroy a building ⬩ demolish ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ to destroy the power of a person, ⬩ to destroy ⬩ to overthrow an institution, a practice, regulation, law, etc., ⬩ to put down ⬩ put an end to ⬩ destroy ⬩ make void ⬩ break ⬩ dissolve ⬩ to throw out
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Englas ðæt hús tówurpon þurh gástlícne cræft, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 15. Ðý læs eówer hús windas tóweorpan, Exon. Th. 281, 22; Jul. 650. Hí mid æxum duru curfan, and teoledan ðæt hí mid adesan ealle tówurpan (dejecerunt), Ps. Th. 73, 6.
Linked entries: te-weorpan tó-torfian tó-wurpan tó-wyrpan
ríce
power ⬩ authority ⬩ dominion ⬩ rule ⬩ empire ⬩ reign ⬩ bishops ⬩ consuls ⬩ a kingdom ⬩ realm ⬩ a diocese ⬩ a nation
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Nán man for his ríce ne cymþ tó cræftunt ac for his cræftum he cymþ tó ríce and tó anwealde, 16, 1; Fox 50, 20-22. Hwi ðú (Boethius) swá manigfeald yfel hæfdest on ðam ríce ðe hwíle ðe ðú hit hæfdest, 27, 2; Fox 96, 13.
lǽran
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Nán cræft nis tó lǽranne ðǽm ðe hine ǽr geornlíce ne leornode nulla ars doceri praesumitur, nisi intenta prius meditatione discatur 25, 15. to teach a person something. with acc. Þú hine þeódscipe þínne lǽrest de lege tua docueris eum Ps.
ge-ceósan
To elect ⬩ choose ⬩ decide ⬩ prove ⬩ approve ⬩ eligere ⬩ præeligere ⬩ seligere ⬩ asciscere ⬩ petere ⬩ nancisci
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Ðeáh hí gecure bútan cræftum cyninga dysegast though the most foolish of kings chose them without skill, Bt. Met. Fox 15, 21; Met. 15, 11.
ealdor-mann
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Sum heora cræftes ealdorman quidam artis eorum primus, Gr. D. 342, 5. Sce Petres apostola ealdormannes, Bl. H. 171, 4. Aldormonnes sácerda principis sacerdotum. Lk. L. R. 22, 50. Þá ealdormen þára sácerda, Bl.
weorc
Work ⬩ opus. ⬩ work ⬩ operative action ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ doing ⬩ performance ⬩ work ⬩ doings ⬩ actions ⬩ what a person does ⬩ what happens ⬩ work ⬩ labour ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ any form of long-sustained or habitual activity ⬩ a particular act of labour ⬩ workmanship ⬩ a work ⬩ deed ⬩ any action ⬩ of action that gives affect to anything ⬩ a work, ⬩ what is wrought ⬩ a strong building, ⬩ fortress ⬩ work, ⬩ what is done, ⬩ effect produced ⬩ pain, ⬩ travail, ⬩ grief, ⬩ the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person
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Th. 57, 10. what happens Ðæs dæges weorc byð egesfull eallum gesceaftum Wulfst. 182, 7. work, labour, occupation, employment, any form of long-sustained or habitual activity Weorc opus,cræftca opifex, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 37.
hús
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Se Treówyrhta segþ Hwilc eówer ne notaþ cræfte mínon, þonne hús (. domos) . . . eów eallum ic wyrce (fabrico ) ?, Coll. M. 31, 11. Hús gurgustia (virginibus condunt gurgustia cellae, Aid. 171, 21), Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 45. Húso (húse, R. ) domos. Mk.
sáwel
The soul ⬩ the soul, the animal life ⬩ the soul, ⬩ a soul, a human creature
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Ðonne is ðære sáwle gód wærscipe and gemetgung and geþyld and rihtwísnes and wísdóm and manege swelce cræftas, 34, 6; Fox 140, 28-35: 34, 10; Fox 148, 3-4. Nú tó ðam sóþan gefeán sáwel fundaþ, Exon. Th. 178, 3; Gú. 1238: 233, 12; Ph. 523.
Linked entry: sáwel-leás
fleón
- By.
- 247 :
- Ps. L. 54, 8 :
- Gen. 2080 :
- Bt. F. 116, 17 :
- Ælfc. Gr. 36 :
- 28, 6 :
- Ps. Th. 103, 17 :
- Ps. L. 113, 3 :
- Met. l, 20 :
- Mt. 8, 33 :
- Ps. L. 30, 12 :
- El. 134 :
- Gú. 228 .]
to flee ⬩ to flee ⬩ to run away ⬩ to pass away ⬩ to fly ⬩ to run away from ⬩ to avoid ⬩ to decline ⬩ to avoid ⬩ eschew
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Hatiaþ yfel and flióþ . . . lufiaþ cræftas and folgiaþ ðǽm, Bt. 42; F. 258, 24. Gemánan fleónde contubernia subterfugiens. An. Ox. 3703. with dat. infin.
ge-þeón
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Geþogenne adultum, 3607. successful, prosperous Befæste hé his sunu tó láre ... for ðám þe on ðám dagum ne mihte nán man beón geþogen ( a man could not get on ), búton hé hǽþene béc hæfde geleornod and þá cræftas cúþe þe káseras þá lufodon, Hml.
gifu
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Gifum, 165, 21. a natural ability or faculty Ǽlc cræft hæfþ his sundorgife, and þá gife hé forgifþ ǽlcum ðára ðe hine lufað, Bt. 27, 2 ; F. 96, 31.
hǽþen
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Th. i. 378, 19. (3 a) profane as opposed to sacred or Christian literature :-- Hé leornoðe grammatical, craeft and þá hǽðenan béc (cf. Shrn. 152, 11-18) oþ ꝥ þá hálgan godspel him becómon tó hande. Hml. S. 35, 15. <b>B.
líf
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Næs heora nánum álýfed on ðám lífe ǽnig cræft búton hálgum gebedum and heora gewritum, Hml. Th. ii. 506, 14-20 : C.
ge-býrian
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Ne gebyriað þás twégen dǽlas tó ðám cræfte, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 294, 10. Ðá gemetu gebyriað tó leóðcræfte, 295, 19. Ðá ealdras heom cartan fundon and eall ꝥ þǽrtógebyrede, Nic. 12, 8. Sý hé þæs þeówweorces wyrðe þe þǽrtó gebyrige, Ll.